I was going to have them activate them Christmas day at my house online, but then I will be going to their house on Thursday to setup them up (they already have two TivoHD so they have the cards already....they'll just need to get paired again).

Any issues activating and then waiting to setup? Just want to make sure Tivo doesn't de-activate if the box doesn't connect right away.

With a TiVo new install it is almost certain an update will be required, so no matter what day you activate it can take several hours from out of box to ready to use with a populated program guide.

You can save time during your visit by doing all of that now. You could then power it up ready to use, this might reduce the new gadget terror some folks experience.

You are very good to your parents!

No doubt....I just setup my own Basic and had a couple updates to get through. I set aside the entire day on Thursday to get through it all. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't a delay on the activation itself that would cause the initial setup to be delayed.

With a TiVo new install it is almost certain an update will be required, so no matter what day you activate it can take several hours from out of box to ready to use with a populated program guide.

You can save time during your visit by doing all of that now. You could then power it up ready to use, this might reduce the new gadget terror some folks experience.

You are very good to your parents!

I suggest you do not want to set it up at your house. Even if you are both serviced by the same provider, the card needs to be provisioned based upon their account and subscription. But back to your original question - you're fine.

I was going to have them activate them Christmas day at my house online, but then I will be going to their house on Thursday to setup them up (they already have two TivoHD so they have the cards already....they'll just need to get paired again).

Any issues activating and then waiting to setup? Just want to make sure Tivo doesn't de-activate if the box doesn't connect right away.

Thanks.

-Kevin

another point to note.. the multistream tuner cards they need for roamio may be dif't from the tivohd cards. Double check that too